Dauphin County 2013 Performing Arts Series to bring music and movie festivals this summer

As the summer vacation months begin, the Dauphin County 2013 Performing Arts Series will offer four music festivals and eight free Sunset Music and Movie evening shows throughout the summer.

The music festivals will feature 15 wineries, 18 national recording artists and 20 of the area's performing artists with music that ranges from pop, neo-soul, bluegrass, rock, funk, folk, blues, R&B, country and smooth jazz.

6th Annual Music and Wine Festival

The two-day festival will begin Saturday, June 15 with Blues Day featuring performances from national recording artists Rick Estrin and the Nightcats, Nick Moss, Gretchen Emery & Dirty Boots and Acoustic Stew. Sunday, June 16 is "Throwback Day" featuring a Las Vegas-Atlantic City style Legends Show with Loni Gamble and Sound Cheque and UGO Horns with celebrity impersonators. Erin Cruise will perform as Cher, John Monforto and Kerry Sharp as the Blues Brothers, Brad Crum as Elvis and CP Lacey as Michael Jackson, Tina Turner and James Brown. The festival will also have wines from the Hershey Harrisburg Wine Country and regional wineries as well as national and local arts.

DETAILS: 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. June 15-16 at Fort Hunter Park, $25 in advance, $30 at the gate, free for children 12 and under.

2nd Annual BrewFest

BrewFest will feature live music from Trypod, Ben Gallaher and Suzanna Choffel and more than 20 craft beers and food from local restaurants.

DETAILS: 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, July 21, $35 in advance and $50 at the gate. Ticket sales are limited to 750.

DETAILS: 4:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 2 on the 100 block of Market Street in downtown Harrisburg in front of the county's courthouse.

7th Annual Jazz & Wine Festival

The Jazz & Wine Festival will include performances from artists Euge Groove, Art Sherrod Jr. and his Motown show, Matt Marshak and Octagon Jazz Band Saturday, Sept. 7. Sunday's festivities will include Maysa, Marcus Johnson, Steve Rudolph and the Dauphin County All Star Jazz Band and Friends of Jazz Youth Band. Educational wine sessions and food and craft vendors will also be available.

The free Sunset Movie Series will include outdoor showings of "Despicable Me," "Hotel Transylvania," "Paranorman," "Lincoln," "E.T." and "Ghostbusters." Dauphin County Drug and Alcohol Services will provide children's activities at the showings of "Despicable Me," "Hotel Transylvania" and "Paranorman" at 7:30 p.m. The showing of "Lincoln" is part of Dauphin County's 150th Civil War Commemoration events.